Ryūkyū scops owl

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Ryūkyū scops owl
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CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Otus
Species:
O. elegans
Binomial name
Otus elegans
(Cassin, 1852)

The Ryūkyū scops-owl or elegant scops-owl (Otus elegans) is a small rufous-brown owl with a brown face disk and a cinnamon facial ruff. The bill is olive-grey and it has yellow eyes.

Distribution and habitat

It is found on the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, on Lanyu Island off south-east Taiwan, and on the Batanes and Babuyan Islands off northern Luzon, Philippines, in tropical or subtropical evergreen forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Subspecies

  • O. e. elegans (Cassin, 1852)
  • O. e. calayensis McGregor, 1904
  • O. e. interpositus Kuroda, 1923
  • O. e. botelensis Kuroda, 1928 - Lanyu Scops Owl

Notes

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Otus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22688651A117001277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22688651A117001277.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

References

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